Katarina Carroll named Queensland’s first female police commissioner
Katarina Carroll will take over as Queensland’s new police commissioner from Ian Stewart. Read More
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Labor promises to ‘review’ appointment of public servants to disability royal commission
The Labor party has promised to review the appointment of two public servants to the Royal Commission into abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with… Read More
How a different kind of CEO can help the homeless
Youth Homelessness Matters Day is a timely reminder of the struggle young people face without a roof over their head. It is also an opportunity to recognise the people who work tirelessly to better those young lives. Read More
The accountability debate in Canberra: what’s at stake
Geoff Gallop outlines what he sees as some of the important issues at stake in the contemporary debate about accountability and how to properly guarantee it in our national politics and government. Read More
Just the facts: Treasury and CSIRO put space between advice and how ministers use it
Treasury and the CSIRO have both recently felt the need to clarify advice they have provided the government, after opposition complaints about what ministers did with it. Read More
War on empathy; war on confidence; war on context
Evidence-based policy may be the flavour of the moment, but how does it account for the intrinsic human needs for empathy, confidence, and context? Read More
Federal election 2019: state of the states
We now know that the next federal election will take place on May 18. To guide you through the campaign, our “state of the states” series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australia’s states. Read More
How the APS can build trust by adopting institutional integrity
Neither the APS nor the government of the day can control every factor that determines public trust. But a regime based on institutional integrity puts it in the best position possible to be an essential and trusted Australian institution into 2030 and beyond. Read More
$500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money
Half a billion dollars sounds like a lot of money, but that really depends on what you’re spending it on. In Tuesday’s federal budget, the… Read More
Deputy secretary named Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year
NSW Department of Planning and Environment Deputy Secretary Lee Shearer has been named the 2019 Telstra New South Wales Business Woman of the Year. Read More
Three lines of defence to help with managing the risks in decision-making
Regulatory reviews of organisational failings inevitably focus on why risks were not effectively identified, measured, monitored or managed. The risks are the same for policy-makers. The Three Lines of Defence model for risk-management is a way to ensure policy doesn't fail. Read More
Commonwealth tips millions into mental health for police and emergency workers
The Commonwealth has committed almost $5.8 million to mental health initiatives for traumatised police and emergency services personnel, over half of which comes from the proceeds of crime. Read More
Banning ‘tiny vehicles’ would deny us smarter ways to get around our cities
The exploding popularity of e-scooters could reshape mobility in our cities. Regulators need to adapt their approaches to handle the innovation rather than ban it altogether. Read More
Law Council: governments don’t seem to care about Indigenous incarceration
It appears the federal government doesn’t care about high rates of Indigenous incarceration, according to the Law Council of Australia, given it has failed to… Read More
New way to text or email citizens: feds offer free trial to all levels of government
The Digital Transformation Agency is inviting local, state, territory, and federal government agencies to try out a new system to send texts and emails to… Read More